Article: Dapper signs off on Mayor Curley's desk.

Article: Curley desk a prop in political theater Legendary ...
The Boston Globe;  July 17, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... estate appraiser who is Curley's stepson. "I kept wondering: What desk are they talking about?" Curley served four terms as ... So he had plenty of desks. No one seems to be ... there never was a real Curley desk. What is it about ...

Article: Curley sat here, maybe A desk surfaces in N.C., but ...
The Boston Globe;  March 19, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... investigation. Of course, Curley served four terms ... so he had many desks, and the combatants ... by-6-foot desk with ornate borders ... photographs of Curley with a huge square mahogany desk, a smaller ellipse ... None of those desks has ever surfaced ...

Article: Curley clues sought on desk Even at unveiling, ...
The Boston Globe;  July 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... said there is no evidence the desk was ever used by Curley. "I don't believe it's a Curley desk. Curley sat at a lot of desks. The real Curley desk is probably in Building 19," Regan said, referring to the salvaged-goods company ...

Article: DESK TALE IS BACK EX-MAYOR WHITE SAYS HE CAN FIND IT-- BUT ...
The Boston Globe;  June 10, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... the mystery of the so-called Curley desk -- Boston's four-legged ... Koch asked him if he had found the Curley desk. At one point, a Boston radio ... as God is my judge, where the Curley desk is. It was the first desk I had ...

Article: AG hopes public can help end Curley (desk) shuffle.
The Boston Herald;  July 18, 1997 ;     686 words ... ... Curley sat at this desk, but we have ... familiar with Curley's desks, hoping for ... a few weeks. Curley, who served ... also owned other desks. Photos show ... elliptical desk. If the desk turns out to be a Curley original, it ...

Article: A top-drawer discovery Probers may have rescued Curley ...
The Boston Globe;  July 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... home last week. If that desk turns out to be what Harshbarger ... and rascal James Michael Curley had any number of desks. But the one that became ... quite knew whether the desk supposedly spirited off was in fact Curley's. Still, speculation ...

Article: Finally, `Curley desk' is in its proper place
The Boston Globe;  August 14, 1997 ;     636 words ... ... whodunits of Boston politics, the "Curley desk" was returned to its rightful ... lighthearted conclusion to the saga of the Curley desk -- though the mystery of who took ... Mayor Raymond L. Flynn sought the Curley desk after he was elected in 1983 ...